Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducts in San Sebastián

Sir John Eliot Gardiner conducted The Constellation Choir & Orchestra at the Kursaal Auditorium in San Sebastián as part of the 87th Quincena Musical Donostiarra. The performance featured Johannes Brahms’s ‘Schicksalslied’ (Song of Destiny, op. 54) and Felix Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 2, ‘Lobgesang’.

The concert included soloists Hilary Cronin and Sam Cobb on soprano, and Jonathan Hanley on tenor. Reviewers noted the high quality of the interpretation, highlighting the choir’s precise diction and the orchestra’s phrasing, particularly within the woodwind and string sections. The program focused on Romantic era works, with Mendelssohn’s symphony utilizing Martin Luther’s German translation of the Bible.